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Taylor Swift joined fiancé Travis Kelce for a sweet reunion with his former football coach.
Kelce, 36, reunited with his high school football coach Jeff Rotsky over the weekend — and Swift was by his side. The engaged couple was spotted in Kansas City, Mo., with Rotsky, who later published photos with the Super Bowl champion on X on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
“WATCHING & GETTING TO SPEND TIME WITH TRAVIS KELCE, HIS FAMILY, & 6 FORMER PLAYERS WAS AMAZING!” Rotsky captioned the post. “ANYONE WHO DOUBTED TRAV HAS BEEN PROVEN WRONG. SO PROUD OF HIM & HIS FUTURE!”
Rotsky added two photos posing with Kelce. Swift, 36, was seen in the background of one picture, mingling with the crowd.
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Rotsky spoke about mentoring Kelce and watching him rise into a football star in an October profile from The Times. Along with celebrating his former student, Rotsky also commented on Kelce and Swift’s relationship, sharing how the pop star is “the kindest young lady you ever met and down to earth.”
“The first time we met, her opening line was, ‘I’ve been looking forward to meeting you, I want to hear all the dirt about Travis,’ ” Rotsky recalled.
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Rotsky is “so excited” for Kelce to become a husband, he said, adding that he’s “even more excited for him to become a father someday.”
“I pray for little Kelces running around here in the next couple years,” Rotsky said.
Kelce and Swift got engaged in August. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” Swift captioned an Instagram post when announcing the news.
Swift has shared few details about what they have planned for their wedding. During an October appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, she joked about maintaining secrecy, beginning with the invites.
“We could get some production value or get really tricksy with it where they read it and as soon as it senses fingerprints… three minutes later, it dissolves into dust,” she joked.
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“When it comes to wedding planning, nothing feels rushed or one-sided,” a source exclusively told PEOPLE on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
“They’re both equally involved and excited, and this isn’t something one or the other is carrying on their own,” the insider said. “They’re approaching it as a partnership, talking things through together and enjoying the process in a way that feels natural to them.”
